Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The operator of a taxi service must not use a licensed taxi or substitute taxi to provide a public passenger service—
(a) in a taxi service area outside the area stated in the licence for the taxi; or
(b) in a way that contravenes a condition to which the licence is subject that restricts the use of the taxi.
Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.
(2) The driver of a licensed taxi or substitute taxi must not use the taxi to provide a public passenger service—
(a) in a taxi service area outside the area stated in the licence for the taxi; or
(b) in a way that contravenes a condition to which the licence is subject that restricts the use of the taxi.
Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.
(3) However, the driver or operator does not contravene subsection (1)(a) or (2)(a) while the taxi is being used—
(a) to complete a single passenger journey that started within the taxi area stated in the licence; or
(b) to provide a public passenger service under a contract with a government entity.
Example of a single passenger journey—
A passenger is picked up in Brisbane and is taken to Southport. The taxi waits for the passenger at Southport and then takes the passenger to Ipswich and waits again before returning the passenger to Brisbane.
(4) In this section—
government entity means—
(a) any State or the Commonwealth; or
(b) a department, service, agency, authority, commission, corporation, instrumentality, board, office, or other entity, established for a government purpose of any State or the Commonwealth; or
(c) a part of an entity mentioned in paragraph (b).